by PPN | Apr 30, 2023 | California, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, National, New Mexico, New York, Newsletter, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah
Patient protection: Good Samaritan legislation introduced in Congress The Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2023 was re-introduced in the House of Representatives this month, to close the gap in available medical coverage during federally declared disasters...
by PPN | Apr 30, 2023 | California, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, latest_news, National, New York, News, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah
Court cases show that physicians continually underestimate their liability in supervising nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs). Even in states that have abolished requirements that NPs be physician-supervised, physicians may still be liable...
by PPN | Sep 29, 2021 | Hawaii
SOURCE: Hawaii Tribune With little fanfare, Gov. David Ige on Sept. 1 signed an executive order that releases Hawaii’s health care workers and facilities from civil liability during the COVID-19 crisis. Under the order, health care facilities, professionals and...
by PPN | Sep 29, 2021 | Arizona, Hawaii, National, Newsletter
Good Samaritan legislation re-introduced in House of Representatives A bipartisan bill to empower medical volunteers to deliver health care during large-scale disasters was re-introduced this month in the House of Representatives. The H.R. 5239, the Good Samaritan...
by PPN | Dec 22, 2017 | Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, National, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newsletter, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Year-end report sheds light on “Judicial Hellholes” The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) end-of-year “Judicial Hellholes” report offers a public glimpse at the most unfriendly jurisdictions for those defending themselves against civil litigation, including...
by PPN | Dec 15, 2017 | California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Michigan, National, News, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Uncategorized
One thing physicians from Florida to Hawaii had in common in 2017 was that the Litigation Center of the American Medical Association and State Medical Societies had their backs. The Litigation Center was involved in legal battles that helped prevent an insurance...
